I don't think most of the large customers will care about OSS AI.
Over the last decade they've learned (trained themselves?) where to put their money towards (cloud vs. in-house infra for all manner of things, for better or worse) and I think AI tools will follow similar trends.
Businesses will certainly care about cost, but just as important will be:
- Customization and fine-tuning capabilities (also 'white labeling' where appropriate)
- Integrations (with 3rd party and in-house services & data stores)
- SLA & performance concerns
- Safety features
Open Source AI will have a place, but may be more towards personal-use and academic work. And it will certainly drive competition with the major players (OpenAI, Google, etc) and push them to innovate more which is starting to play out now.
Businesses will certainly care about cost, but just as important will be:
- Customization and fine-tuning capabilities (also 'white labeling' where appropriate)
- Integrations (with 3rd party and in-house services & data stores)
- SLA & performance concerns
- Safety features
Open Source AI will have a place, but may be more towards personal-use and academic work. And it will certainly drive competition with the major players (OpenAI, Google, etc) and push them to innovate more which is starting to play out now.